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Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023

Oregon Public Broadcasting: As alcohol-related deaths rise in Oregon, OHA wants to spark more conversations around excessive drinking

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Man linked to 29 overdose deaths, including 2 in Oregon, gets life in prison for selling fentanyl online

Oregon Public Broadcasting: New study finds high mercury levels in Snake River smallmouth bass in Idaho, Oregon

Courthouse News Service: House Republicans subpoena investment firms over environmental pledges

Courthouse News Service: Second Circuit axes class action challenge against Nature’s Bounty fish oil supplements

AP News: Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear sworn in for 2nd term in Republican-leaning Kentucky

AP News: Heart of Hawaii’s historic Lahaina, burned in wildfire, reopens to residents and business owners

Fresno Bee: There are 46 vacant lots in historic downtown Fresno neighborhood. Here’s who owns what

Fresno Bee: Text messages among Fresno police unit shows racist, homophobic language. See them here

AP News: COP28 climate talks enter last day with no agreement in sight on fossil fuels

LA Times: California is pumped about electric buses. Rural schools say they’re a pain

LA Times: Palmdale Mayor Pro Tem Andrea Alarcón arrested on suspicion of DUI

Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court agrees to quick review of Trump’s presidential immunity claim

LA Times: At this exclusive members-only club, you can poop anywhere, but no humping, please

LA Times: Column: This porn company makes millions by shaming porn consumers

LA Times: Uncontrolled chemical reactions fuel crises at L.A. County’s two largest landfills

LA Times: Stiiizy’s founder built a legal cannabis empire — while being landlord to black market dispensaries

KTLA: LAPD helicopters cost taxpayers nearly $50 million a year

KTLA: Famed L.A. DJ accused of sexually assaulting 6 teen girls: Rolling Stone

KTLA: Massive fire destroys 60s-era yacht club in Marina del Rey

KRCR: Controversy and petition sparked by Mt. Shasta Ski Park's 20-foot Virgin Mary statue

KRCR: Redding student wins national patriotic essay contest on freedom

KRCR: Sacramento's Roman Catholic diocese plans bankruptcy amidst 250+ clergy abuse claims

KRON: Thieves in San Francisco steal from local artist

KRON: Workers at Oakland coffee shop at center of antisemitic graffiti incident slam owners

Press Democrat: Entangled leatherback sea turtle adds to commercial Dungeness crabbing fleet’s woes and delays season

San Jose Mercury News: The new Bay Area suburban starter home comes with an elevator, shared walls

Marin Independent Journal: Marin students devise humanitarian phone apps

East Bay Times: Barricaded police detective arrested after second Pleasant Hill standoff in three days

East Bay Times: California police shoot, kill woman pointing gun at 3-year-old boy

SF Chronicle: California poised to allow ‘toilet to tap’ projects, in landmark water rule

SF Chronicle: A fortune was unearthed at this California gold mine. Now it may reopen

SFGate: New practice eliminates 100,000 pizza boxes from Yosemite waste each year

SF Chronicle: The plan for a massive floating pool on S.F. piers is moving forward, despite big funding gap

SF Chronicle: Armed pair used child to shoplift at Marin County mall, police say

SFGate: Meteorologists warn of 'above-average rainfall' during busy travel period in California

SFGate: Test missile spotted in SF Bay Area sky early Monday

SFGate: TSA finds anti-aircraft ammo in bag, evacuates Hawaiian airport

Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023

NY Times : We Can’t Stop Writing Paper Checks. Thieves Love That.

NY Times : The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn.

SFGate: This group of SF teens spent 3 years building a boat. Then it got stolen.

SFGate: Man got into Currys' Atherton house while kids were inside, police say

Washington Post: In the mystery of postpartum depression, the immune system offers clues

Washington Post: Tesla drivers run Autopilot where it’s not intended — with deadly consequences

BBC: Video: Australian swimmers approach whale 'dangerously close' to shore

BBC: Tennessee: At least six dead as tornadoes rip through state

BBC: Al-Mawasi: Gaza humanitarian zone not humane, evacuees say

East Bay Times: The new Bay Area suburban starter home comes with an elevator, shared walls

SF Chronicle: California hiker rescued after legs were trapped under huge boulder for 7 hours

East Bay Times: Is an $800M boost from California’s Homekey program helping solve homelessness in the Bay Area?